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LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 21: The Stanley Mosk Superior Court in downtown Los Angeles is photographed on Saturday, March 21, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. Earlier in the week, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a "Safer at Home" order to the entire state to help slow the spread of the Coronavirus as it sweeps across the world. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Op-Ed: The mentally ill defendants in my courtroom need treatment, not jail

One-third of criminal defendants who come through my courtroom have been found to have a mental illness. Instead of incarceration, they need treatment.

Op-Comic: Weekly entries from Ukraine — Week 12
Op-Ed: When will our North Korea policy get real? Kim Jong Un won’t denuclearize
Editorial: The shame of America’s baby-formula shortage
Calmes: Buffalo, Laguna Woods and the Supreme Court’s radical revision of U.S. history
Op-Ed: Democrats need to stop behaving as if there’s a prize for showing restraint

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L.A. Times electoral endorsements

L.A. Times’ editorial board endorsements for elected offices in the June 7 California primary

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses a keynote speech during a session of the CPAC

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Op-Ed: American conservatives’ pilgrimage to Hungary is a joke

The Conservative Political Action Conference featured strongman Viktor Orban this week, but let’s not overreact: He’s no Mussolini.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: The dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is seen as Anti-abortion activists and supporters march along Constitution Ave, with their final destination being the Supreme Court of the United States during the 49th annual March for Life along Constitution Ave. on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Op-Ed: Leave abortion law to the states? Just look at the Fugitive Slave Act to see how that will go

BUFFALO, NY - MAY 18: A memorial across the street from Tops Friendly Market at Jefferson Avenue and Riley Street on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in Buffalo, NY. The Supermarket was the site of a fatal shooting of 10 people at a grocery store in a historically Black neighborhood of Buffalo by a young white gunman is being investigated as a hate crime and an act of "racially motivated violent extremism," according to federal officials. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Guerrero: White terrorists have ‘Tucker Carlson Syndrome.’ Millions are vulnerable to it

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 23, 2019 a Facebook employee walks by a sign displaying the "like" sign at Facebook's corporate headquarters campus in Menlo Park, California. - President Donald Trump has been on a social media ad spending spree for his 2020 re-election campaign, but he's about to endure a massive digital counterattack. His opponents are rushing in with multimillion-dollar efforts to prevent him from dominating the web, even as the rules of the main platforms are in flux. Trump has spent more than $30 million on Facebook and Google since May 2018. His aggressive ads have spurred activists to pressure key sites to better police political misinformation or even ban campaign ads altogether, as Twitter has done. The digital battleground is expected to be expensive for candidates and, some say, crucial for their prospects. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, CM - OUTS * NM, PH, VA if sourced by CT, LA or MoD **

Op-Ed: Another bad Texas idea: Make it illegal to take down vicious social media content

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: Anti-abortion activists and supporters march along Constitution Ave, with their final destination being the Supreme Court of the United States during the 49th annual March for Life along Constitution Ave. on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Abcarian: This is a perilous moment for rights we take for granted

Op-Ed: How ‘14 Words’ brought white supremacy to Thousand Oaks

Jonah Goldberg: Trump’s goal is to solidify control over the GOP, not help it win elections

3 Good Things: A smooth landing, a healing laugh and a win for debaters

Op-Ed: California can do better than carbon neutrality by 2045

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Nicholas Goldberg: California’s law requiring women on corporate boards was just struck down. I’m glad
Granderson: The stories we will tell ourselves about the shooting in Buffalo
Op-Ed: I hid my pregnancy from the internet so I know: Online privacy is nearly impossible
Op-Ed: The end of Roe means we’ll be criminalized for more of our data

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor: Bring back the 55 mph national speed limit. It’ll save on gas and a lot more
Letters to the Editor: There is no $97.5-billion budget surplus when so much in California needs fixing
Letters to the Editor: I was a teacher in the 1960s. My white colleagues berated nonwhite students
Letters to the Editor: Stop the blanket media coverage of mass shootings. It may put lives at risk

Editorials

Editorial: Return to pre-pandemic public meeting rules? Yes — and no
Editorial: Heat waves are killing Californians in their homes. Cooling standards could save lives
Endorsement: Give L.A. businesses a leg up. Say yes to Charter Amendment BB
Endorsement: Elizabeth Alcantar for Assembly

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Video Op-Ed: A trans athlete’s guide to media coverage of trans athletes

Rook Campbell (he/him, they/them) is a swimmer and a trans guy.

Op-Ed: A trans athlete’s guide to writing about trans athletes

Here’s a handy rule of thumb for sports journalists: Let people describe themselves.

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How we can reimagine California

The pandemic opened possibilities. Let’s embrace them.
Our reckoning with racism

As the country grapples with the role of systemic racism, The Times has committed to examining its past.
Livable City

Ideas and commentary on building a livable, sustainable Los Angeles.
Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis is a national disgrace

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Letters to the Editor: The Supreme Court has lost a lot more than camaraderie, Justice Thomas
Letters to the Editor: When jails double as mental health facilities, we know we’ve failed
Letters to the Editor: This is what needs to replace the 2nd Amendment
Endorsement: Kate Pynoos for Los Angeles City Council District 13
Letters to the Editor: If you can’t afford L.A., live elsewhere. That was true in the 1950s too
Editorial: Virulent white supremacy has become normalized. And we let it happen
Letters to the Editor: There are 400 million guns in America. What did we expect?
Endorsement: Sydney Kamlager for Congress
Letters to the Editor: Critics of the new math curriculum framework, you have any better ideas?
Column: A decade ago, California adopted a strange top-two primary system. How’s it working out?
Letters to the Editor: We need to make college affordable, but don’t forgive student debt
Endorsement: Christy Smith for Congress

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